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Snowmageddon 1.0

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An SUV squeezes past one of several down trees along South Lakes Drive.


A truck shovels out snow from a drive through Wachovia.

A truck shovels out snow from a drive through Wachovia.

Fairfax County police closed down a section of South Lakes Drive due to a downed tree.

Fairfax County police closed down a section of South Lakes Drive due to a downed tree.

Peadstrians leaving with a shopping center with grocery bags along Cults Neck Road.

Pedestrians leaving a shopping center with grocery bags along Colts Neck Road.

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A stop sign is buried in deep snow drifts.

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A trash can buried during the snow fall.

A downed tree in front of a parked car.

A downed tree in front of a parked car.

A creek is seen flowing through over two feet of snow.

A creek is seen flowing through over two feet of snow.

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A tree branch holds onto the wet snow.

A truck piles snow in a shopping center parking lot.

A truck piles snow in a shopping center parking lot.

Common-crowned Pigeon

Common-crowned Pigeon

A Common-crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata) at the National Zoo.

Google Gives Bigger Pictures to Female Celebs

In its efforts to compete with Bing, it looks like Google has rolled out larger pictures for female celebrities. After a couple of searches over the past week I though I saw a trend, but to confirm it I Googled the names of the winner of the best actor/best actress from the last five years and sure enough found Google was doing this.

For easy reference I have included the links below:

Female Actors
Reese Witherspoon
Helen Mirren
Marion Cotillard
Kate Winslet

Male Actors
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Forest Whitaker
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sean Penn

Photography Tip: Vertical Screen in Windows 7

If you’re like me most of your photos are taken in portrait orientation. Unfortunately most monitor are designed for landscape presentation, so you’re photos are never displayed in all their glory. Windows 7 now offers a feature where you can orient your monitor to display on the portrait. This is great for those with laptops, tablets, and even swivel LCDs. To change this setting in Windows 7 go to your desktop, right click somewhere on the background, and then select the option for screen resolution. A screen opens up, and next to the label that says orientation select either portrait or portrait flip.

Congratulations, you should now have oriented or flipped your screen from landscape to portrait mode. If you have any tips on better displaying your photos feel free to leave a comment.

Thanksgiving Morning Fog

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Trees at the border of the United States Geological Survey in Reston, VA.

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An open field with fog.

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Road in Reston, VA shrouded in fog.

Tanechka

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Carls

Carls

Photo of Carls Re. This was taken under very dense cloud cover, and at the same time both of my speedlites decided not to work. So this photo was taken at ISO 640, with a shutter speed of 1/40 second. I think the lack of grain and relatively good focus is a testament to how well the 5D Mark II works.

Arielle

Arielle

Arielle in red dress.

India

India

A photo of India from a recent meet and greet at Slyhorse Studios.

Erica

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Erica from the recent meet and greet at Slyhorse Studios in Maryland.

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